Chair of
Architectural Behaviorology

We are pleased to announce the finissage of the Bamboo Greenhouse Pavilion, a fragment that celebrate our adventure in Kamanuma in Japan, where we built a greenhouse for the Small Earth community.

Date: Monday, 9th of April
Time: 18:30-
Venue: HIL
– Presentation and Talk Session: in Front of HIL E3
– Apéro: In front of HIL E3

Programme:

18:30-19:15:

Introduction:  Momoyo Kaijima

Presentation: Nils Braun, Rémy Crettenand, Ben Frei, Pénélope Grégoire, Thalia Kamp, Moira Martines-Avial, Florian Rüegg, Eva Tschopp, Chloé Tournelle, Fabian Zihlmann

Guest: Pauli Jacqueline , Orjuela Sepulveda Juan and Yasaman Yavaribajestani

From 19:30:

Apéro

 

Poster in pdf

 

In the 21st century, an era of advanced industrial society, what kind of sustainable architecture using local materials can support beautiful rural areas suffering from depopulation due to a declining birthrate an aging population? A team of 10 students, guided by experts, embarked on a project to build a prototype greenhouse as an agriculture and community facility using bamboo from the local satoyama (rural landscape) in Japan. They analysed the material properties of bamboo and constructed the structure themselves through a combination of digital and real-world methods. The project involved interaction with the local community. Addressing challenges such as urban-rural issues, cultural differences between Switzerland and Japan, understanding sustainable natural materials and developing construction methods the project leverages the students interdisciplinary collaboration, teamwork and individual characteristics, thereby promoting active learning. Collaborative design and construction with Bamboo in kamanuma, Japan, summer 2025.

Bamboo Greenhouse.

Summer Workshop in Kamanuma, Japan

Chair of Architectural Behaviorology, Professor Momoyo Kaijima

Teaching assistants: Tanguy Caversaccio, Lowis Gujer

Student team: Nils Braun, Rémy Crettenand, Ben Frei, Pénélope Grégoire, Thalia Kamp, Moira Martines-Avial, Florian Rüegg, Eva Tschopp, Chloé Tournelle, Fabian Zihlmann

Collaborators.

Prof. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and assistant prof. Siena Hirao (Institute of Science Tokyo), prof. Hirohide Kobayashi (Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University), prof. Jaqueline Pauli and research assistants Juan Orjuela Sepulveda and Yasaman Yavaribajestani (Chair of Structural Design, ITA), Small Earth association, Kamanuma village community

Contact: Tanguy Caversaccio (caversaccio@arch.ethz.ch)